not least because that signals to putin that he is facing a united front, with ukraine, the united states and all of our nato allies and partners. host: our guest, andrea kendall-taylor, is a former intelligence official with the central intelligence agency, an expert in russia and eurasia. she currently serves as the transatlantic security program director at the center for a new american security. what is your organization about? guest: we are a think tank in washington, d.c., that is dedicated to informing and generating new ideas for national security and foreign policy. it is a research institution, trying to improve and enhance u.s. foreign-policy policy and national security policy. host: we are focusing on the mounting conflict between russia and ukraine. we welcome your calls and comments for our guests -- for our guest at (202)-748-8000. that is the line for democrats. (202)-748-8001 for republicans. for independents and all others, (202)-748-8002. you can send a text as well, (202)-748-8003. tell us your name and where you are texting from. we talked about the 80 -- 8500 troops

two landmark bills sit before the united states senate. the john lewis voting rights advancement act, and the freedom to vote act. [applause] and these two bills represent the first real opportunity to secure the freedom to vote since the united states supreme court gutted the voting rights act nearly a decade ago. we do not know when we will have this opportunity again. senate republicans have exploited arcane rules to block these bills. and let us be clear. the constitution of the united states gives the congress the power to pass legislation, and nowhere, nowhere does the constitution give a minority the right to unilaterally block legislation. [applause] the american people have waited long enough. the senate must act. and the bottom line is this. years from now, our children and our grandchildren, they will ask us about this moment. they will look back on this time, and they will ask us not about how we felt they will ask us, what did we do? we cannot tell them that we let a senate rule stand in the way of our most fundamental freedom

they will depend on the unit. other is maintenance on vehicles and systems, whether it is getting some things pre-positioned and packaged up and ready to go. for forces involved, i am sure personal readiness that they need to do. that is another reason why i am not getting units today. the units are getting notified and we want to give them time to talk about this with their families so their families are ready for the potential. what is happening now is just getting them ready on a shorter tether. not all of the units are on such an advanced status and it will take them a little bit longer to get into a heightened alert posture. that is why we are doing it now so that they have ample time to prepare. today we are not talking about deployment orders. we have no deployment orders so far and i will >> on tuesday steny hoyer talks to politico about bidens legislative agenda and the 2022 midterm elections. watch live at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or watch full coverage on our new video app c-s

secretary austin has placed a range of units in the united states on a heightened preparedness to deploy. which increases our readiness to provide forces, if nato should activate the nrf, or if other situations develop. all told, the number of forces that the secretary has placed on heightened alert comes up to about 8500 personnel. we will continue to provide updates in the coming days about these decisions. but specifically, this will ensure that the united states and our commitment to the nrf is consistent with their readiness for rapid deployment, again, if activated. in the event of nato's activation of the nrf, or deteriorating security environment, the united states would be in a position to rapidly deploy additional combat teams, logistics, medical, aviation, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, transportation, and additional capabilities in europe. again, i want to reinforce, as of now, the decision has been made to put these units on higher alert, and higher alert only. no decisions have been made to deploy any forces from the united states at this time. and when i s

and so we want to be as united, both as the united states of america and united states congress and with our nato allies and it's not quite as simple as, you know, a unilateral group of sanctions. >> can i make one other point on the legislation? under the leadership of senator risch and senator menendez, we've already passed out of committee the ukraine security partnership act. that's in addition to what we're talking about now. senator portman: we would be able to fold that in to new legislation. that includes among other things additional capability to help ukraine with regard to cyberattacks, for example, something we saw occur last week. so that legislation has already been reported out of committee. it hasn't been voted on the floor yet. there is strong bipartisan support for helping ukraine. there's a lot of legislative activity that i think could be brought together. reporter: [inaudible] >> is your question is whether or not this is a provocative act to cause the russians move? listen, they need to set that aside. we don't need to be calculating what's going to provoke the russ

and two, we will stay united with our nato allies. earlier this week, i spoke with my polish counterpart. yesterday, i spoke with my romanian counterpart. and this morning, i had two very good conversations with my counterparts in france and germany. as we've made clear, in addition to the significant economic and diplomatic costs that russia will incur, a move on ukraine will accomplish the very thing russia says it does not want, a nato alliance strengthened and resolved on its western flank. the united states will contribute to nato's response forces and we will coordinate with our nato allies, we will make sure that they have the capabilities that they need to defend themselves. article 5 is clear on this point, an attack against one nato member is an attack against us all. and as president biden has said, the united states holds this as a sacred obligation and we will do right by that commitment. and mr. putin can do the right thing, as well. there's no reason that this situation has to devolve into conflict. he can choose to dee

price: the alliance is united. there is no question about this. the alliance is united. you have heard this in the form of communiques and statements from the alliance itself. you don't have to take my word for it. reporter: why would germany stop artillery from going to ukraine? mr. price: countries have different authorities, different norms, different traditions. this country, what i could speak to is what we are doing. and what we are doing is providing defensive security assistance to our ukrainian partners in a way that we've done in the past, just on a scale that is unprecedented. reporter: did they object to them not imposing this ban? has the u.s. asked them not to interfere? mr. price: we've had in-depth conversations with all of our nato allies about the deterrent measures that we are prepared to take about the response. the swift, severe, united response we are prepared to take. our nato allies know precisely what we are doing. the steps you heard me detail in terms of our provision and defensive security assistance to ukraine, in terms of the reinforcements

gallon of gasoline before joe biden became president of the united states. he then did a so-called covid relief know with $1 trillion added to spending and added to the debt that brought about inflation. we said it was going to happen and they said it would be transitory. it has not been transitory and we are now the four-year high in inflation in united states. people are paying more for gas and goods for groceries as a result in people that did change the way they shop in the way beatty in the way they drive. the other part of this so-called covid relief who was supposed to go for testing and treatment things like that in this administration as woefully unprepared for the omicron variant when it arrived raid it was a scavenger hunt for testing long lines and empty shelves is what the administration brought. one of things that didn't come up in the press conference yesterday was crammed the cities and we have murder rates skyrocketing across the country at the same time that democrats continue to defund the police. someone asked the president about going to

the united states has been clear. if this is truly about russia's security concerns in europe, we are offering them another opportunity to address these concerns at the negotiating table. the test of russia's good faith in the coming days and weeks is whether they will come to that table and stay at that table until we reach an understanding. if they refused to do so, the world will know why and who is responsible. members of the council and other member states, we urge you to assess not only russia's statements but their actions with clear eyes. to evaluate the risks this presents, not just to ukraine's border and its people, but to all of us. and to speak clearly and forcefully in favor of the path of diplomacy, rather than conflict. >> thank you to the representative of the united states. i give the floors to the representative of albania. >> thank you madam president and thank you to -- for your briefing. the primary function of the security council is to prevent conflict in the world. in terms of prevention, the

where a lot of that plays out is at the united nations page joining me is the united states ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas-greenfield. welcome back. >> delighted to be here with you. jonathan: thank you for coming back to the podcast and you are coming back now and there's so much breaking news to get to about ukraine. and that is secretary of state antony blinken is heading to that region. do you know what precipitated this travel to the country. >> president biden wants to put diplomacy first and the most important diplomat is secretary blinken. he is using his platform to engage with partners including the ukrainians. although you may not have known about this in the past, it has always been on his agenda to engage with ukrainians on a regular basis as i have engaged with them in new york and with our partners in new york. we are putting diplomacy at the forefront of all of our engagements to address this issue and we want to be engaged with the ukrainians on this jonathan: -- secretary blinken and president biden have both said they will not have it without you. thi

it is great to have the president of the united states visit pennsylvania. to come back to his home state, we want to welcome him. [applause] that is right. i know i take credit for president joe biden being the second president of the united states who hails from pennsylvania. we are proud. we are also proud of pittsburgh to come back and highlight manufacturing. what we can do in this country if we focus on investing and doing things that make a great. it is making a great all over again. the investment in the high-tech things we saw today, at carnegie mellon university are really important. let me point out another thing. before we came here, all of us toward the bridge that collapsed. we need to invest in high-tech manufacturing. we need to make sure we bring manufacturing back to the united states and we need to invest directly in our infrastructure as well to make sure like things that happened at the bridge do not happen. that is a real tragedy. people were hurt. a real thoroughfare in pittsburgh was lost. the commonwealth is working to put it back up

the united states and the united states congress have faced much greater threats than the unhinged crowd we saw today. we have never been deterred before and we will be not deterred today. they tried to disrupt our democracy, they failed. they failed. they failed to attempt to obstruct congress, this failed insurrection only underscores how crucial the task before us is. for a republic. our nation was founded precisely so the free choice of the american people is what shapes our self-government and determines the destiny of our nation. not fear, not force. the peaceful expression of the popular will. we assemble this afternoon to count our citizens votes and to formalize their choice of the next president. now, we're going to finish exactly what we started. we will complete the process the right way by the book. we will follow our laws and our constitution. to the letter. and we will certify the winner of the 2020 presidential election. criminal behavior will never dominate the united states congress. this institution is resilient. our democratic republic is strong. the american people d

india, asteria, united states, japan. if we pull those together, i think we can find a way to a situation where we can avoid the events of 2034. >> certainly hope we can find a constructive and pragmatic approach to how we address china and create less strategic framework that you're talking about. at the same time that we are trying to create that framework, we are sending very clear signals to the chinese that we will focus on multilateral cooperation and alignment in our own domestic competitiveness before we think about how we engage strategically the chinese. is that the right approach or should be doing it all at the same time? should we expect more from china in a bilateral framework than if we were relying on working with europeans and the administration for domestic competitors? i agree with you, but i think we have to have all three pieces of the pie. james: i think it is all six pieces of the pie that i laid out a moment ago. i agree, you cannot use one of them and except to be successful. we can't say we will

we must unite in defense of our democracy. in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure -- ensure domestic tranquility, provide and promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our prosperity -- and prosperity. that is the preamble of the constitution that president biden and i are on oath to uphold and defend -- swore an oath to uphold and defend. and that is the enduring process -- promise of the united states of america. my fellow americans, it is my honor to introduce a public servant with the character and fortitude to meet this moment. a leader whose life's work has been moving our nation toward that more perfect union. president joe biden. pres. biden: madam vice president, my fellow americans, to state the obvious, one year ago today, to this sacred place, democracy was attacked, simply attacked. the will of the people was under assault, the constitution, our constitution faced the gravest of threats, outnumbered in the face of a brutal attack, the capitol police,

united states, european union, united nations, russia, china were all invited. secretary blinken complemented pakistan for holding the conference. we have been providing aid. we have done as much as we could. even though we have not had the best of relations with india, but they offered to help transport. i hope this means we will get through to afghanistan. pakistan is doing the best it can. as far as the regional efforts are consent, apart from the organization of islamic conference, we have asked opec countries. i'm very happy. the timing today is three days after the oslo conference, in which the united states and many european countries. seven officials were chosen. [indiscernible] this is a very positive development. the holding of the oslo conference. regardless of what -- [indiscernible] the pakistan -- they need to improve the human rights record. if afghanistan does not improve the situation, we will be the prime sufferers. i thank you for affording me this opportunity for this intervention. it was a great learning experience today learning from mr. so

we are overwhelmingly united. the american people ought to look at that -- the republicans, the only reason we are not passing voting rights to ensure every american has the right to vote, because zero republicans in the united states senate voted for it. zero. rachael: i want to go back to your chamber on build back better. you have a very narrow margin in the house, five seats. you have progressives website they have compromise enough on build back better, you have lawmakers from states including new york and new jersey who say they must have a restoration of the state and local tax deduction to be yes, and that is a pricey provision to include. and then you have immigration advocates who want more immigration fixes that have technical problems and procedural problems in the senate. i'm wondering how are you going to get this through your chamber, assuming it can even pass the senate. can you get the votes to pass this to the house? rep. hoyer: i think we can come i think we will. it is the art of the possible.

why don't they seem to be worried about provoking the united states and united states allies? >> both sides have a very stylized vision of the threat that each process to the and in some particular respects that is accurate. if we were having this discussion in moscow and you were a russian government spokeswoman or spokesman -- i think the immediate russian concern is the advance of native toward its borders. i want to be clear this is not the only reason for the crisis nor is that the only item separating us on the russians. there is question that the march of native torts russia's border has created tension between ourselves and russia and by the way, while these objections are chalked up to mr. putin, his predecessor boris yeltsin was no less critical as was the last president of the soviet union, gorbachev. so it is not purely a putin phenomenon. it has certainly been ratcheted up under mr. putin. unlike the 1990's, russia opted -- after 2000 because of oil price trends. >> can i just respond? host: let me just pause and invite viewers to join. we have you with us until t

the united kingdom 2.1%. the top countries in overall spending on nato, the countries with the most nato spending, the united states, united kingdom, germany, france and italy. top five. in response to those nato moves as well, the u.s. making its own moves in calling out and alerting, putting on higher alert u.s. troops. the headline here from u.s. military times. up to 8500 u.s. troops. they write that a handful of u.s.-based units have prepared themselves for possible deployment in response to russian incursion into ukraine. the pentagon announced on monday. the units have not been given orders to deploy but to shorten their recall timelines in case nato activates its response force, according to john kirby. "there is not a mission, per se, this is about the secretary wanting to get ahead of potential activation and making sure these units have time to prepare. " the units are being notified and the pentagon will have more information on them following that process. stateside, the u.s. maintains an immedia

two landmark bills sit before the united states senate. the john lewis voting rights advancement act, and the freedom to vote act. [applause] and these two bills represent the first real opportunity to secure the freedom to vote since the united states supreme court gutted the voting rights act nearly a decade ago. we do not know when we will have this opportunity again. senate republicans have exploited arcane rules to block these bills. and let us be clear. the constitution of the united states gives the congress the power to pass legislation, and nowhere, nowhere does the constitution give a minority the right to unilaterally block legislation. [applause] the american people have waited long enough. the senate must act. and the bottom line is this. years from now, our children and our grandchildren, they will ask us about this moment. they will look back on this time, and they will ask us -- not about how we felt -- they will ask us, what did we do? we cannot tell them that we let a senate rule stand in the way of our most fundamental f

the united states, canada and united kingdom are providing weapon systems to ukraine. it is important to distinguish those two tasks. support ukraine, yes, important. the commitment to defend allies, that is our core task, and france is part of that. >> what i hear you saying is the intention of deployment -- regional conflict that would affect your members, not to deter russia from attacking a country that is not a partner, is that correct? >> we are not planning to deploy nato combat troops to ukraine. >> neither is united states, president biden has made that clear. that has been one of the criticisms. going back to 2014, the united states and nato were not willing to use force to deter aggression and annexation of territory from nato partners. vladimir putin saw that and he knows there is a willingness to not use force to stop him. why should he take nato seriously now? >> because our main task is to support allies. not america and europe. that is our core task. defend and deter any attack against nato allies. i am sure president putin takes nato seriously and our

we end our allies and partners are united across the board. now, you will continue to press forward and prepare, it remains up to russia to decide how to respond. we are ready either way. one final note before i take questions. regarding american citizens and ukraine. earlier this week i authorized the voluntary departure of a limited number of u.s. employees and ordered the departure of many family members of embassy personnel. this is a decision based on one factor only. the safety and security of colleagues and their families. and given the continued massive buildup of russian forces which has many indications of preparations for an invasion these steps where the prudent ones to take. i want to be clear that our embassy will remain open and we will continue to maintain a robust presence to provide diplomatic, economic and security support to ukraine. the state department has issued an updated travel advisory due to the potential for security conditions to deteriorate rapidly and without warning if russia invades or commits other destabilizi

and we can also dispatch our expert personnel to you wherever you are in the united states. to really help you build the architecture that addresses whatever funding limitations you have and whatever potential we can help you realize. the threat landscape is only becoming that much more challenging. let me then turn to what i have described as the greatest terrorism related threat that we face on our homeland today and that is the threat of domestic violent extremism. just to be able to -- just to make sure that i define it accurately for you, we are not speaking of individuals who espouse ideologies of hate or who propel false narratives forward, we in this country of course one of our fundamental principles is the principle of freedom of speech, guaranteed by our united states constitution. but where we become involved and where the threat materializes is when those ideologies of hate, those false narratives are linked to acts of terrorism. everyone here is assuredly aware of the slogan if you see something, say something. and that, i think, when that is our articulated, w

the announcement that the united states would put units on higher to deploy orders and would operate through the nato response force which is something that was bolstered lot during your time in the post crimea situation in nato. i wonder if you could comment on what are some of the options that nato the alliance can take beyond what the united states and some individual members have announced. after the russia attack in 2014 date of significant step was bolster the baltic states to the enhanced for presents. i met telling you something you already don't know but those forces are small, about 1500 each, maybe about 4000 in poland it also kept the other u.s. forces. these forces were not there before 2014. you're looking at the map that is europe. what would you as a sector now push for? you mentioned error policing to air defense. what would the equivalence look like? >> let's get her eyes off her feet and upon the rights of just the second of the never get to those. general clark hit the nail on had immediately right up front. the most important thing there needs to do right now is

the united states and i spoke from its hallowed halls. and we made clear. we swore to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states. and we will. we will fight. [applause] [applause] safeguard our democracy. we will fight to secure our most fundamental freedom, the freedom to vote. and that's why we have come to atlanta today, to the cradle of the civil rights movement, to the district that was represented by the great congressman john lewis. [applause] on the eve of the birthday of reverend dr. martin luther king. more than 55 years ago, men, women, and children marched from selma to montgomery to demand the ballot. and when they arrived at the state capitol in alabama, dr. king decried what he called normalcy. the normalcy. the complacency. that was denying people the freedom to vote. the only normalcy anyone should accept, dr. king said, is the normalcy of justice. and his words resonates today. over the past few years, we've seen so many antivoter laws that there is a danger of becoming accustomed to these laws.

for almost two decades i law enforcement career actually began in this building as a united states capitol police after 9/11. in part because of the 2021 attack -- the 2001 attack on our country by terrorists i felt called to serve. i felt proud to protect this institution and dedicated members of congress and our staff who work hard every day. i remain proud to work for the united states capitol police and mpd officers commit their lives to protecting the safety of each of you and all of us in this room in our nation's capital. after leaving the united states capitol police i became and mpd officer serving the residence of washington, d.c.. i've spent the majority of my nearly 20 years as a metropolitan police officer working in special mission units whose responsibilities include the investigation and arrest of narcotics traffickers and violent criminals. i have worked both as an undercover officer and a lead case officer in many of these investigations. in this line of work it probably will not shock you to learn that i've dealt with dicey situations. i thought that i had seen it all ma

only the united states threatens the king. only the united states threatens the regime. the way you would de-escalate the conflict in the wake of an operation that israel would make, is if the united states, through actions and words, makes clear that it supports israel, and that it delivers a clear message --and think about how to deliver that message. and then showed a unleash these proxies against israel, start firing thousands of missiles into downtown tel aviv, that the iranian regime itself would be in jeopardy. that would de-escalate the conflict. if the united states decides they would distance themselves from israel in the wake of such a decision, they may think they are calling the situation but it will lead to a greater escalation. this dynamic of the king and queen is important. the only way to peacefully resolve and get the iranians to dismantle their program is a credible military threat by the united states, or i did not mention before, if the iranian people rise up and take out the regime. everyone would agree that that is the best of all possible outcome

that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the united states supreme court. it is long overdue in my view. i made that commitment during the campaign for president and i will keep that commitment. i will fully do what i said i'd redo. i will fulfill my duty to select the justice, not only with the senate's consent but with its advice. he heard me say another nomination process that the constitution is to seek the advice and consent. i will invite senators from both parties to offer ideas and points of view. i will consult with leading scholars and lawyers. i am fortunate to have advised me vice president kamala harris. she's an exceptional lawyer, former attorney general of the state of california and former mentor of the senate judiciary committee. i've listened carefully to the advice i'm given. i will study the records and former cases carefully. i will meet with the potential nominees. it is my intention to announce my decision before the end of february. i have made no choices at this point. once i selected nominee, i will ask the senate to move promptly

response from the united states and europe. second, we have been clear that russia engages in other tactics sending forces into ukraine and other countries. cyber attacks, efforts to bring a government down. i am pretty confident on the many consultations that i have had with partners that there will be a swift, calibrated and united response. host: nato military units are on the move. the headline from associated press this morning. nato sent ships, jets out east. comments on twitter were at c-span wj. larry says, chiron, afghanistan -- iran, afghanistan are all over again. biden has specifically said we are not getting involved in military. we should support this -- support him on this, right? then amass his on ukraine border. anyone else see where this is going? jim says this is obama's problem. he is the one that must ukraine that we would have their back if they force their nukes. it is a stress problem. he did nothing. another thing president biden will have to clean up. on the republican line. this is jerry. caller: good

no one we only need 51 votes -- so that from now on we only need 51 votes to move judges through the united states senate. i yield the floor. sen. mccain: mr. president, the events that took place today are probably as historic as any votes that i have seen taken in the years i have been here in the united states senate. the majority with only majority votes, the same as was passed with obamacare, with only democrat votes, changed the rules of the senate in a way that is detrimental, in my view, not only to the united states senate, not only to those of us in the minority party, but great damage to the institution itself. one of the men who served in this senate for a long time that we respected as much or more than any other leader, he certainly knew the senate rules more than any of the rest of us combined, was one robert byrd. three months before his death, robert byrd wrote this letter. three months before his death, he said, "during my half-century of service in various leaderships during the u.s. senate, including minority leader, majority leader, majority whip, and now president pro

senate, and members of the united states house of representatives and the united states senate. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the most reverend michael curry, presiding bishop of the ethical church. reverend curry: let us pray. internal god of whom the bible speaks and says that you are loved, you are the source of all that is good and just and true, and compassionate. we come before you come of the fountain of all wisdom and the light of all truth. we come before you not in pride or in arrogance, but we come before you in true humility. we come before you because we need your help. we need your help in these troubled times. we need your help for this beloved nation. we need your help for those who have been traumatized and troubled by the painful events of one year ago, and all that has continued since. we need your help, lord, now, to be the democracy you would have us to become a to be the nation you would have us to be. one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. so, we ask you now to help us, to help all those who are traumatized. help all of

s custody be aren't it into told stay in the united states? what happens if like at gitmo they're ineligible to transfer and they remain in immigration detention for a long period. then we have the potential for the supreme court to have to be release into the united states. the odds of that to be sure are quite low that being said, they are not zero given the supreme court's precedent on the question of detention in the yeast, rites for detainees and immigration detention. sand we have to consider those facts as we think about what to do with these detainees and whether to do that makes good sense. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator grassley. senator feinstein? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i've thought a lot about guantanamo from the time i visit i've served in my past on boards that sentenced women convicted of felonies in the state of california. did that for more than five years and sentence add lot -- sentenced a lot of peoplele i know prisons. and when i saw guantanamo and realized the isolation and came on a small boat where it was, i b

someday we'll be able to say that in the united states. he did an extra in our job as president of your country. thank you for that warm welcome and for agreeing to serve as our moderator for today's discussion. i am looking forward to our conversation. i want to thank y'all tell european security for hosting this event and to acknowledge your founder and the chairman of your board, the former polish president. for nearly two decades, yes has been a vitally important form for building ties between ukraine, europe, united states and the wider world and for organizing substantive timely conversation like this one today. i asked week, secretary -- last week, secretary blinken is it a key have, berlin and geneva as the united states continues our efforts with allies and partners to urge russia to de-escalate tensions and choose the path of diplomacy. when he was in berlin, secretary blinken gave a speech about what is at stake because of russia's aggression. for ukraine and beyond. if you have not already, i encourage you all to read it. as we

get funding past so we can make sure manufacturing happens in the united states. there are still big bold pieces of the president's agenda he wants to get done and he is going to keep fighting for it. it is true that it is challenging to move things forward with such a small margin in congress. he is very well aware of that. >> [indiscernible] the president mentioned the other 500 million -- can you give us any sense of a timeline when you are looking at -- and delivery? when will pete told -- when will people actually see this? >> i said earlier this week we were looking to finalize our contracts for the first 500 million within two weeks. i can give you an update where we have procured 380 million of those tests and we are going to continue to build from there. we feel we are making strong progress and after we conclude this phase, we will begin awarding contracts from there. >> rough ballpark on when that second half-billion might -- >> not yet. we might, as we proceed, but i do not have a specific update yet. the first 500 million, and obviously when we conclu

i grateful to have joined for the materials from the united states, the united kingdom and launching an against kleptocracy coinciding with the summit for democracy. to formalize the efforts of working together to combat corruption and kleptocracy that feels dictators. through legislation such as the enablers hacked -- act. the united states puts forth a framework to incentivize the financial sector to address undermining democracy from within. i am always reminded by prime minister winston churchill, we know democracy is the worst system on earth except for all of the others. with this i am grateful to see the backgrounds of our panel and i look forward to hearing from them. i yield back. >> i will introduce our distinguished roundtable guests. a staff writer for the atlantic and a pulitzer prize winning historian. she is a senior fellow at the johns hopkins institute where she codirects a program on disinformation and 21st-century propaganda. a washington post columnist for 15 years a former member of the board she covered the collapse of communism. then we have timothy snyder, a p

the united states constitution does not give the option to the vice president of the united states to unilaterally decide which states are in and out. each state aside its electors through its people. a small group of senators including myself have demanded that we not ignore the questions that millions of people are asking in our nation. so we have proposed a constitutional solution. pause the count. get more facts to the states before january 20. we propose a 50 member commission just like what was done after the failed election of 1876. spend 10 days going through all the issues so states can have one last opportunity to address any challenges, then the state at the constitution directs would make the final decision on their electors. i have some colleagues who said that a ten-day commission is not enough time, so they have counter-proposed just ignoring the lingering questions. we need to do something. my challenge today is not about the good people of arizona. >> we will stand in recess until the call of the chair. [no audio] >> shortly after that recess, senators were escorted t

india, asteria, united states, japan. if we pull those together, i think we can find a way to a situation where we can avoid the events of 2034. >> certainly hope we can find a constructive and pragmatic approach to how we address china and create less strategic framework that you're talking about. at the same time that we are trying to create that framework, we are sending very clear signals to the chinese that we will focus on multilateral cooperation and alignment in our own domestic competitiveness before we think about how we engage strategically the chinese. is that the right approach or should be doing it all at the same time? should we expect more from china in a bilateral framework than if we were relying on working with europeans and the administration for domestic competitors? i agree with you, but i think we have to have all three pieces of the pie. james: i think it is all six pieces of the pie that i laid out a moment ago. i agree, you cannot use one of them and except to be successful. we can't say we will

domestic units. but as i said to sylvie, we're absolutely not ruling out the possibility that forces in europe could also be moved in to help bolster the capabilities of nato allies. and, again, some of these units are already on a heightened state of readiness. i don't know of specific orders that general walters has given to increase the readiness posture of other units in europe. but again, i just want to go back to a core principle here. we take our nato commitment seriously and we're going to be consulting with allies, as we have been, certainly in coming days. and if there is an -- if there's ways in which we can help bolster their capabilities, to help their defensive postures, we're going to take a serious look at that. and not all of that has to come, or necessarily will come, just from stateside. yes, tom. reporter: hi, john. i have three quick follow ups to questions asked earlier. one, on just what you said about general walters does he have the , ability to put troops on heightened alert

great britain, the united kingdom has as well. helping ukraine get ready to provide for its own defense. and also export controls that say to russia, "if you take this action, there will be severe reaction." -- tweeted this morning, "if russia uses energy as a weapon or if there is another violation of the ukraine sovereignty, russia will have to pay a high price." olaf scholz stated clearly, nothing will be off the table. this is a very important message of solidarity, severe konstantin -- severe consequences should russia take this action. putin should rethink and reconsider taking diplomatic force. guest: it is all very important. it is very encouraging this mentioning of using energy as a weapon in the ukraine office. if there will be further disturbances in ukraine, that is also considered an attack on ukraine. this will be very an important to understand a little bit better. the sanctions have been negotiated before them. host: we are in intensive sessions with european capitals to ensure energy, if indeed russia uses energy